Fabaceae
Desmanthus

Desmanthus virgatus (L.) Willd.

First published in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 1047 (1806)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical America. It is a perennial or shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as animal food and a medicine, has environmental uses and for food.

Descriptions

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/170656437/192159799

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 2200 m.; Andes, Islas Caribeñas, Llanura del Caribe, Pacífico, Valle del Cauca, Valle del Magdalena.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba, subarbusto
Conservation
Preocupación Menor
[CPLC]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Cultivated
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub
Vernacular
Adormidera, Brusca Prieta, Dwarf Koa, Frijolillo, Ground Tamarind, Guajillo, Guashillo, Huarangillo, Langalet, Petit Acacia, Petit Cassie, Petit Mimosa, Virgate Mimosa
[ILDIS]

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Morphology General Habit
A somewhat shrubby herb or slender shrub, variable in habit from decumbent to erect, to 1 m tall or more, glabrous or nearly so; leaves with pinnae in mostly 3–5 pairs; leaflets 8–20 pairs, linear or linear-oblong, 3–9 mm long, of thin texture
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Peduncles
Peduncles 1–5 cm long; flowers whitish, in small brush-like heads 3–5 mm across
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods 3–8 cm long, 3–5 mm broad, acute or acuminate; seeds oblique, brown, 2 mm long.
Distribution
Cayman Brac. Florida and Texas southward to S. America, and also naturalised in tropical Asia.
Ecology
A weed of secondary thickets and open waste ground.
Recognition
Some writers separate the smaller and larger forms into two species, but there appears to be complete intergradation between the extremes. The Cayman specimen combines the leaf and fruit characters of D. ‘depressus’ with the erect, shrubby habit of typical D. virgatus.
[Cayman]

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
bicho, deshinchadera, frisolillo de llano, manzanillo, peinecillo, zarza
[UNAL]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Distribution
Native from Colombia.
Ecology
Alt. 0 - 2200 m.
[UPB]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean, Caribbean, Pacific. Elevation range: 0–2200 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Boyacá, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Nariño, San Andrés y Providencia, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle del Cauca.
Habit
Herb, Subshrub.
Conservation
National Red List of Colombia (2021): Potential LC.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.
Vernacular
Platanito filú
[UPFC]

Uses

Use
Environmental, Forage, Miscellaneous, Weed
[ILDIS]

Use Medicines Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
Medicinal (State of the World's Plants 2016).
[UPB]

Use Animal Food
Used as animal food.
Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
[UPFC]

Common Names

Spanish
Platanito filú.

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

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    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/